Mallow, County Cork

Mallow - Mala - Plain of the Rock

Location of Mallow

Mallow Town is located in the South of Ireland in County Cork. Situated in the Blackwater Valley. Mallow is a delightful market town, north of Cork city.

History of Mallow

Mallow is a market and sugar manufacturing town on the North side of the beautiful Blackwater river. During the 18th and 19th centuries Mallow was an important spa town. Today Mallow is a significant coarse and game angling centre. In 1598 Mallow Castle was built by Sir Thomas Norreys it was later destroyed and burned by the Jacobites in 1689. The ruins can still be seen today at the South east end of the town. A number of prominent Irish people were born in Mallow including Canon Sheehan and Anthony Trollope both famous authors.